Chapter 728: Sideways Volley World Wave
Just two minutes into the game, Cristiano Ronaldo and Iroh each delivered two wonderful shots to the fans in the stands, and the atmosphere was heated up in advance.
At this time, many fans who bought bulk tickets had just entered, and they were driven by the sudden eruption of shouts over the new Wembley Stadium, stopped moving forward, and turned their heads to look at the stadium.
Chelsea's number one star Iroh was holding his head in his hands, clearly frustrated by the fact that his feel-good shot didn't score.
"What a pity!"
'A minute ago Cristiano Ronaldo threatened the goal with a stunning shot from Cech, and Ai was still in the color a minute later, if it wasn't for Van der Sar's concentration, it would have been there!'
"Nice long-range shots, if nothing else, this game will be interesting!"
The fans on both sides of the stand cheered as the two men cheered and the players on the pitch increased the tempo of the attack.
The pace of the game suddenly accelerated, and the cheers of the fans in the stands reached a new level.
The fans were refreshed, but the managers of both sides frowned.
Originally, according to their idea, they were to focus on loyalty and stability in the game, and then use a strong midfield to control the rhythm of the game, and then look for loopholes in the opponent's back line to give a fatal blow.
This is the most common routine used in the championship competition, and steady play is king.
But what I didn't expect was that this game would be led by Cristiano Ronaldo and Iro, and the rapid change of the pace of attack and defense of the game would be so fast.
In just two minutes of the opening game, the game became an open-ended attack, constantly stimulating the fans in the stands and waiting in front of the TV, and even the fans with some heart problems had to take the medicine prescribed by the doctor and continue to watch the game under the watchful eye of their families.
It can be seen that this League Cup final was a wonderful journey.
Sky TV commentator Andy Gray excitedly said: "Oh my God, if it wasn't for the news I received before the game about the Carabao Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester United, I would have thought it would be this season's Champions League final! Quick transitions and shots that directly threaten the goal, in any case, are in line with the characteristics of Europe's top Champions League final!! ”
In the next few minutes, as if repeating the previous two minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo made a brilliant link between the two, and then Iroh will surely be able to get his way through the United defences and find the right way to pass the ball to his team-mates.
The two seem to have been in the same position during this time, and if you threaten our goal, then I will definitely put your defence to the test in the next attack.
It is also the theme of the confrontation between Iroh and Cristiano Ronaldo.
In order to avoid excessive physical consumption on the pitch, Mourinho and Ferguson frequently walked to the sidelines to signal the players to slow down the tempo, but ...... When the football returned to the feet of Iello or Cristiano Ronaldo, it was like an accelerator, leading the team to accelerate, causing Mourinho and Ferguson to stand on the sidelines and shake their heads......
The players on both sides of the game also knew that Iroh and Cristiano Ronaldo were in very good shape, so they would also give priority to passing the ball and letting them toss it themselves.
In the blink of an eye, a quarter of an hour had passed, and the fans in the stands thought that the game had only passed for a few minutes.
During that time, Iroh had four shots, three of which hit the woodwork and one of which flew off the crossbar, while Cristiano Ronaldo's numbers were no worse, hitting the woodwork on all three occasions, but Cech was denied all of them.
Therefore, in the past ten minutes, whether it is shooting or passing, the two of them are NO.1 in their respective teams!
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"-Ai! Shot? No...... It's a feint! Shot? No, it's still a feint!! This time it's real!! But...... It's a pity! ”
"Cristiano Ronaldo shoots from distance!! Beautiful save, Cech deserves to be the Premier League's number one goalkeeper!! ”
"Oh? This is...... Oxtail!! ”
"Brilliant pass, Marseille slalom!"
"The ball has been divided!!"
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In the twentieth minute, the pace of the game was still very fast, as if you didn't slow down the pace of the game without scoring first.
The rhythm of attack and defense changed so quickly that the fans in the stands did not dare to blink their eyes, for fear of missing even a second of wonderful shots.
In the 29th minute, Ballack cut off Carrick's pass to Cristiano Ronaldo's feet in the middle, and his first reaction was to pass the ball to Elo, but Manchester United's defense reacted very quickly, focusing on Elo as soon as he switched from attack to defense.
So he shook his head and prepared to pass the ball to left-back Ashley Cole to slow down the tempo for a while, and the fast-paced transition between attack and defense during this period made him a little unbearable, after all, he was already 33 years old and almost at the age of retirement.
But at this time, Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly killed behind him, but Ballack seemed to be prepared, protecting the football to turn in place at a hundred and eighty degrees, and evaded Cristiano Ronaldo's tackle in an extremely thrilling way.
Ballack then passed the ball directly to Ashley Cole, and when the United players slowly retreated into the half, he reached out for the ball from Ashley Cole to reorganize the attack.
However, as the Manchester United players have slowly retreated to their own half, the fast attack is no longer possible, and they can only choose to move forward slowly.
It was difficult to push forward until 35 metres from the United goal, as Arlo stood behind Didier Drogba and Anelka, and the position between the two defensive ribs of the United defence was full of people.
Thereupon...... Frank Lampard shifted the ball to the relatively open left and Ashley Cole crossed straight into O'Shea before he could come up.
Vidic pushed Nicolas Anelka to push the ball out of the box and then quickly called for his team-mates to move forward.
The top ball was picked up by Essien, but he didn't rush to pass it because no one stepped forward to grab the ball.
It wasn't until Anelka got around Vidic's defence and suddenly stepped forward that Essien tried to pick up a large gap behind Vidic and Evra without passing the ball to Lampard, but because of the lack of delicate footwork, the football did not go over the top and was pushed back by Vidic in the process of retreating.
"Essien picks the pass!" Lineker exclaimed, but the next moment he lowered his voice: "The pick pass failed to go over the top." ”
As soon as the words fell, Vidic pushed the ball forward to the field, and Carrick and Scholes squeezed Lampard's space to get the ball forward in order to avoid the recurrence of the pass behind Essien's calmly picked up the ball just now, so that the two did not even notice that Ailo was now unmarked, and even worse, there was a vacuum of almost 15 square metres between them and Vidic and Rio Ferdinand.
It would be fine if it was an ordinary player standing in the vacuum, but the problem was that it was Ieloh standing here! Currently recognized as the first person in football!!
Standing on the field, Ferguson was as discerning as a torch, and at a glance he had a keen insight into the team's defense at this moment.
If Lampard passes the ball to Iello at the first time, it means that he can directly face the two central defenders when he gets the ball, and directly form a local three-on-two situation!
Rather than chest the ball and then pass it back, Lampard headed it over to an unmarked Iroh.
Iroh was ready to receive the ball with his back to goal, but Lampard's pass was beyond his expectations, and he preferred Lampard to push the ball to his feet, but thinking that Lampard's strength was not heading, he could only handle the ball on the spot, and the moment the ball touched his chest, the chest muscle shook and stopped the ball to the right front.
At the same time, a flash of inspiration struck Iroh's mind, and he realized that it was a good opportunity to try a shot.
But Iello's chest stoppage also gave Paul Scholes and Carrick, as well as Leo Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, plenty of time to drop back and press forward respectively, creating a dumpling momentum and compressing his space to get the ball.
But Iroh didn't mean to break through or pass the ball at all, he wanted to shoot directly!
"-Ai, chest stop!"
At Lineker's exclamation, Iello slammed his right foot forward into the turf, then twisted sideways as he picked up his stout left leg.
The Chelsea fans in the stands were obsessed with Iello to the extreme, so they slammed up from their seats and raised their arms when they saw the spectacular sight of Iroh stopping the ball with his chest and shooting with his left foot.
Carrick and Scholes instinctively stopped when Iello hit the ball with the outside of his left foot, frowning slightly, and only Leo Ferdinand, who was closest to Iro, made a disturbing move, and he jumped high and turned his back to Iello's shot, doing his best to hinder the shot.
The ball went around where Rio Ferdinand had jumped earlier, and then made a distinct inside-out arc in the air.
"Iroh turns and shoots !!"
Van der Sar stood in the middle of the small penalty area line and flew sideways to save the ball, because of the problem of age, the instant bounce power is not as good as when he was young, and he can only watch the football continue to fly with his fingertips, but his eyes are still close to the football in mid-air.
Bang dang -
As soon as the smile appeared on Van der Sar's face, it froze.
The ball hit the underside of the crossbar, then bounced inside the goal, and then rushed up again until it was stopped by the snow-white net above the goal, and then lay quietly in the goal......
"-World Wave!!"